An Introduction to ScotlandsPeople

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Presenter: 
Tessa Spencer, Head of Outreach and Learning, National Records of Scotland
Duration: 
56 minutes
Subject: 
Scots and Scots-Irish


Program Summary

Learn about the wealth of documents searchable through ScotlandsPeople, including the kirk session and other church court records from the Church of Scotland, which are now available to view online for the first time.

This talk looks at this diverse material, including some interesting and surprising examples, explaining what the records are and how you can access and use them for genealogical research.  

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